12-14-2012, 02:00 PM | #1 |
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27 dead in Newtown, CT Elementary School Shooting, 20 of them children.
I don't even know what to say to this. I cannot imagine the grief that the parents of these children are going through right now... or how the children who survived will cope with what occurred. 8 adults, presumably staff, were also killed (I believe that number may be up to 9).
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12-14-2012, 02:03 PM | #2 |
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My friend just showed me this (on his birthday no less!), and I was dumbstruck.
I just don't understand what would possess anyone to shoot up a school, ESPECIALLY one full of innocent children. |
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Unfortunately, I think it'll take a politician getting shot in one of these tragedies before anything will actually happen.
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12-14-2012, 02:12 PM | #5 |
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Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat ei.
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12-14-2012, 02:13 PM | #6 |
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Happened already (Giffords). Maybe one might have to die in the process.
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12-14-2012, 02:16 PM | #7 |
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This is in the state I live in, pretty close to my town, so I was shocked.
Truthfully, they would not want me to be their executioner. I would kill them in the most sadistic way possible. The problem is, a friend of mine had said that CT had abolished the death penalty, so wtf? Are we supposed to let them live cushy lives in a federal prison?
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12-14-2012, 02:17 PM | #8 |
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>The problem is, a friend of mine had said that CT had abolished the death penalty, so wtf? Are we supposed to let them live cushy lives in a federal prison?
The gunman is dead so the point is moot. |
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Show some respect. Take your debates about gun control and the death penalty elsewhere.
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I think this quote says all we need to say about the matter until there's been some time to recover from today's events.
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12-14-2012, 02:25 PM | #11 | |
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Truthfully, I do feel for these families who had their children killed today. The kids did nothing to deserve this at all. I am just appalled at this. Seriously, how twisted do you have to be to walk into an elementary school and shoot children.
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12-14-2012, 02:29 PM | #12 |
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This is horrible. I feel really sorry for those children, their family, and the survivors. No surprises that the shooter was found dead. Was he killed or did he suicide? Either way, if there is a hell, I just hope he rots in it.
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12-14-2012, 02:35 PM | #13 |
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From what I understand, he was shot and killed by police. The shooter has been identified as Ryan Lanza, 24, of New Jersey. Apparently, a dead body has been found at his home, as well.
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12-14-2012, 02:37 PM | #14 | |
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Wasn't there a second gunman as well?
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I have one last thing to say concerning this.
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Thoughts and prayers with friends and family of the children, parents, and anyone else affected by the tragedy.
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12-14-2012, 02:49 PM | #18 |
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On the one hand, this sucks and is really sad.
On the other...I don't get the "emotional devastation" some people are expressing. I've read comments about people saying they're so shocked they're going to skip work. Despite living across the country. Huh? If you're in the local neighbourhood I could understand...but for people as unrelated to the victims or shooter as being thousands of miles away, that seems pretty melodramatic. Also, Ryan Lanza might not be the killer, apparently he's updating his Facebook (from his Mobile) claiming he isn't. If he isn't the killer...way to break the news to a kid that his parents are dead. That happened within my family's friends. The guy who set up my mother and father died, and someone on Facebook updated a status about hearing he died. The daughter, who lives in Japan where it was day, read it, and only later got a call from her mother and brother. :/
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12-14-2012, 02:55 PM | #19 |
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I have to agree with Dopple here; sure, it's a tragedy, but putting your life on hold for something you can do nothing about is silly.
At the risk of derailing the thread, I feel like it might be a symptom of liberal guilt. As liberal as I am, I really can't subscribe to the feeling of guilt so many liberals seem to carry with them. Like I said, you should feel outraged, but letting these events take over your life is letting the villains win. |
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Just saw somewhere that a second gunman was arrested? I heard it secondhand but apparently it was on CNN earlier today...
Also, I saw the thing that Dopple mentioned about a Ryan Lanza updating his Facebook statuses. From my understanding, that was a different Ryan Lanza. According to http://howmanyofme.com/ (site uses stuff from the US Census apparently, not sure how accurate it is) there are 10 people named Ryan Lanza in the US, so it's certainly possible that some confusion could arise.
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12-14-2012, 03:13 PM | #21 |
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Another year, another school massacre.
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Most of the people expressing "emotional devastation" in other parts of the country won't even be able to name the victims. It's insulting to the family and friends of those who've died. Sympathy for victims and their loved ones? Sure. "Oh woah is me some people I had no idea existed and can't name or picture died in an unrelated part of the country, how can I go on with my life"? No.
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12-14-2012, 03:40 PM | #24 |
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This is beyond fucked. I don't understand why the fuck these things have been happening so much. And now children? A bunch of innocent little kids?
I hope the fucker who did this burns in Hell. |
12-14-2012, 03:47 PM | #25 |
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At some point there are no words to make sense of tragedies. Cause and blame can wait. Mourn the dead, and mourn for those whose lives will never be the same.
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